Collective Brands Performance + Lifestyle Group (PLG) announced today that it has hired Dan Brausch to head its International team, supporting PLG’s global growth initiatives for all its brands …
Marty Hamnett to retire from Australia’s Woolworths
Marty Hamnett, general manager of supermarket operations at Australian outfit Woolworths, is to retire at the end of the financial year after 40 years with the retail giant.…
Genesis Solutions appoint new Managing Director Greg McLean
Genesis Solutions, Asia’s leading independent professional sourcing and supplier management agency, are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Greg McLean as Managing Director, commencing Jan…
Sears brings former Wal-Mart exec to lead stores
Sears Holding Corp. has named a former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive as its President of Retail Services, the company said on Tuesday.
James Haworth will oversee store formats at the Hoffman Estates,…
Cotai work to lift luxury home prices
Macau luxury properties could play catch-up with price rises elsewhere in the region in the new year, driven by a confidence-boosting resumption of work on its Cotai mega-resort and a fresh influx of …
Kingfisher appoints former global IKEA boss as non-executive
IKEA’s former Global Chief Executive Anders Dahlvig is to join DIY giant Kingfisher as a Non-Executive Director. Dahlvig formally joins the board of the B&Q owner on 16 December 2009.
Dahlvi…
Walmart and CARE launch initiative to empower marginalised women in India
Walmart and CARE have announced the launch of a Cashew Value Chain Initiative. As part of the Walmart Foundation’s USD1 million grant to CARE, a leading humanitarian organisation, this project m…
Baby food company locks out workers in Australian factory
A baby food company has spat the dummy with its workers, locking them out of a factory on the Victoria-NSW border.…
TNS China: country road, (don’t) take me home
Twenty million migrant workers from the Chinese countryside, who have lost their jobs in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, do not wish to go home. Driven by the export boom, nearly 130 mil…
Bunnings to open 12 new stores in New South Wales
Wesfarmers’ hardware business Bunnings says it will open 12 new stores in New South Wales over the next three years.…